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The Sun

Dear Yuri, The sun shone down and smiled as it could clearly see the world that had been created an age ago. For the first time in a long time the...

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Where Do All The People Go?

Dear Yuri, I consider myself lucky, drinking my coffee, looking out the window over an eerie quiet street in a confused city. Then I wonder. Where do...

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The Feeling of Deprivation

وأخرى شجيّة لأرتب أفكارا ازدحمت بها الذاكرة مؤخرا . منذ بدء الجائحة وأنا أُربتُ على كتفي وأسرُّ لنفسي ان لا عليك ..ستكون هناك بداية جديدة جميلة مع...

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Space

Dear Yuri, This strange Spring has given me the space to slow down to think but not too much in case it gets too scary. I appreciate the small space...

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Waving

Dear Yuri, Can you see me? I’m waving from my window. That’s what we do now: we wave. When a car passes me as I walk down the road towards the wood...

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Ward 6, Bed 46

Dear Yuri, It’s Day 15, my second hospital stay as a COVID-19 patient. I need oxygen, but am not ill enough for intensive care. Hospital can feel...

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Brave New World

Dear Yuri, Once you, the first and the only one human being, went to Space. You saw the Blue Planet from your window. How do you find it now? It has...

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Noticing: A Story From Porto

Dear Yuri, When your options narrow and distractions are removed, you’re forced to notice things. I watch my son eat lentil soup with buttery...

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We’re OK, Thank You For Asking

Dear Yuri, Having always been essentially a freelance-working-from-home, I don’t find the same profound difference to life and its organisation...

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My Magical World

Dear Yuri, I am originally from the Philippines, where it has always been either sunny or rainy. I was living alone in a studio apartment, working...

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